WEBVTT THE FAMILIES OF THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. ALL THE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DONATE ON OUR WEBSITE, WCVB.COM. MORE EXAMPLES OF BOSTON STRONG. A FUNDRAISER HELD IN THE MEMORY OF THE M.I.T. POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MARATHON BOMBINGS. PROCEEDS WERE AIMED AT HELPING FUTURE HEROES. KIMBERLY BOOKMAN HAS THE STORY. THIS IS ABOUT PAYING IT FORWARD. FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE LATE M.I.T. POLICE OFFICER SEAN COLLIER OPENED THEIR WALLETS, BUYING BRACELET, T-SHIRTS, AND RAFFLE ITEMS TO FIND THE SCHOOLING OF AN ASPIRING POLICE OFFICER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HONOR HIM IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE HIM PROUD, CARRY ON HIS LEGACY. LOVING THE COMMUNITY, WANTING TO BE A PART OF EVERYTHING, TAKING CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE. COLLIER WAS SHOT AND KILLED APRIL 18, 2014, ALLEGED -- 2013, ALLEGEDLY BY THE BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT. NOW RUNNERS WILL RAISE HOLY -- RAISE FUNDS TO SEND RECRUITS TO THE LOCAL POLICE ACADEMY. WE WANT TO HELP POLICE OFFICERS WHO EMBODY THE SAME -- THE SAME QUALITIES. A TRANSIT POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS SHOT DURING GUNFIRE WITH THE SUSPECTS IN WATERTOWN. HE GRADUATED POLICE ACADEMY WITH COLLIER. THAT IS WHAT HE WANTED TO DO. I AM SURE HE IS PROUD OF THE LEGACY AND THINGS THAT HAVE GROWN FROM SUCH A BAD SITUATION. EVER GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THEY GET, THE COLLIER FAMILY AND M.I.T. ARE MAKING SURE TO REPAY THE KINDNESS BY COLLECTING MONEY FOR THE BOSTON FIRE APARTMENT NOW. WE TRY TO HELP THEM. THE FUNDRAISER TOOK PLACE HERE AT THE FORUM RESTAURANT, WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY IMPACTED BY THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS.